blepharospasm

American  

[blef-er-uh-spaz-uhm] / ˈblɛf ər əˌspæz əm /

noun

Pathology.

1. spasmodic winking.

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blepharospasm British  

/ ˈblɛfərəʊˌspæzəm /

noun

1. spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia

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Etymology

Origin of blepharospasm

First recorded in 1870–75; blepharo- ( def. ) + spasm

Example Sentences

He founded a company, Oculinum, to produce a drug by the same name, which the FDA approved in 1989 for the treatment of strabismus and blepharospasm.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

Over the past six years, however, more than 2,300 Americans have had their blepharospasm symptoms eased by an experimental drug called Oculinum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Victims of blepharospasm suffer from continual eyelid muscle spasms that clamp the lids closed for seconds to minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

First, I wish to observe that blepharospasm is not a necessary cause; I have seen the same disturbance of vision follow severe double blenorrhœa, which destroyed one eye but left the other uninjured.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

Leber has recently joined those cases which are described as blindness through blepharospasm, to amblyopia from disuse.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.